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12/12/2025

Until the Sky Falls Quiet is a documentary about two doctors from Western Sydney (Dr Siraj Sira and Dr Sanjay Adusumilli) who volunteer to go on a medical mission to Gaza in 2024.

Filmed in real time with most of the footage captured by the doctors themselves, Until the Sky Falls Quiet is a rare and intimate record of resilience, loss, and the human cost of bearing witness in the world’s largest ‘open air prison’.

Melbourne
📍 Fomo Cinema, East Brunswick - Sat, 13 Dec, 4pm
📍 Reading Cinema, Dandenong - Sun, 14 Dec, 3pm

Brisbane
📍 New Farm Cinema - Sat, 20 Dec, 4pm

Tickets via www.untiltheskyfallsquiet.com
https://youtu.be/8C3zO0cqMdM

Dr Siraj Sira and Dr Sanjay Adusumilli, two Australian doctors from Western Sydney, volunteer to go on a medical mission to Gaza. Filmed in real time with much of the footage captured by the doctors themselves, this is a rare and intimate record of resilience, loss, and the human cost of bearing wit...

17/11/2025

09/11/2025

Recognition comes in many different ways. For me, it's through my community work.

Saleha Singh, known to many as 'Didi', has received the Caroline Chisholm Award 2025 for her work supporting women across Melbourne and Chisholm. As Secretary of the Multicultural Women’s Alliance Against Family Violence and host of a podcast focused on women’s well being, she provides connectio...

09/11/2025

AI and mental health

Can AI be a therapist—or is it replacing the conversations we need most?

Every week, more than a million people worldwide turn to AI chatbots like ChatGPT to talk about suicidal thoughts.
In Australia, that could mean more than 40,000 people choosing a bot over a person.

In this episode of Chai, Chat & Community, I spoke with Dr Sampath Arvapalli to explore the fine line between technological support and human empathy — and what culturally sensitive mental health care should look like in an AI-driven world.

Listen to AI and Therapy — and let’s keep the conversation human.

If you need help:
Lifeline 13 11 14
Beyond Blue 1300 22 4636

If it's an emergency, please call 000

19/10/2025

October 18 is World Menopause Awareness Day, and in recent years, we have been hearing a lot about menopause from the medical field. What has changed? Is there a sudden awareness, or is it because there is more funding for research now? Dr Preeti Khillan and I chat about menopause, myths and modern medicine.

We chatted about how nutrition, exercise, sleep, mental wellbeing, and relationships can support women during and after menopause.

In recent years, we have been hearing a lot about menopause from the medical field. What has changed? Is there a sudden awareness, or is it because there is ...